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Title: Axion detection via topological Casimir effect

Journal Article · · Physical Review D
 [1];  [2]
  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)

We propose here a new table-top experimental configuration for the direct detection of dark matter QCD axions in the traditional open mass window 10 - 6 eV m a 10 - 2 eV using nonperturbative effects in a system with nontrivial spatial topology. Different from many experimental setups found in literature on direct dark matter axion detection, which relies on θ ˙ or θ , we found that our system is in principle sensitive to a static θ 10 - 14 and can also be used to set limit on the fundamental constant θ QED which becomes the fundamental observable parameter of the Maxwell system if some conditions are met. Furthermore, the proposed experiments can probe entire open mass window 10 - 6 eV m a 10 - 2 eV with the same design, which should be contrasted with conventional cavity-type experiments being sensitive to a specific axion mass. Connection with Witten effect when the induced electric charge e ' is proportional to θ and the magnetic monopole becomes the dyon with nonvanishing e ' = - e θ 2 π is also discussed.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011632
OSTI ID:
1599364
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1369585
Journal Information:
Physical Review D, Vol. 96, Issue 1; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
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Inflation and gauge field holonomy journal August 2018
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Oblique confinement at θ 0 in weakly coupled gauge theories with deformations journal October 2017
Gravitationally trapped axions on the Earth journal August 2019
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Cosmological Axion and Quark Nugget Dark Matter Model text January 2017
Revealing the Dark Matter Halo with Axion Direct Detection text January 2017
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